October 7, 2014: Big Data & Your Microbiome

Science Pub RVA #20

Big Data and Your Microbiome
Getting to know your fellow travelers

Through the Human Microbiome Project we have learned that we’re not just us, we’re also trillions of microorganisms within us and upon us. Since that initial census, research teams have been mining a lot of big data to further explore the relationships that are key to our good health or may be critical players in disease. Participants absorbed some things about how big data is used in research, how it is shaping scientific investigations, and what’s been learned to date about the microorganisms taking up some of our personal real estate.